Louisiana News - 7/7/2016

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Louisiana 1st state in Deep South to expand Medicaid

‘I’m so outraged,' crowd at Baton Rouge prayer vigil for Alton Sterling vents anger; protests continue into night

Bucking legal precedent, Lafayette School Board refuses to change policy requiring students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance

$40 million expansion means more sweet times ahead at Ponchatoula-based Elmer Chocolate

State looks at ways to reform film tax credit program, retain once-booming industry

'It’s not right versus left... It’s right versus wrong:' Louisiana’s road to Medicaid expansion has been long and winding

Democrats digging into Donald Trump’s failed Trump Tower project in New Orleans

'Everybody is fine, relatively speaking': La. government continues search for what to cut out of budget

Hillary Clinton calls Baton Rouge police shooting a tragedy

Two-year-old child's body found near Huey P. Long Bridge; parents questioned

Louisiana gets $60 million grant for roadwork